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pistou.

pistou (cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pis.tu/
  1. pistou (cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil)

    masculine
    soupe au pistou
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Occitan pistou, from Late Latin pistāre (“to crush”).

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